Small and Middle‐sized Enterprises' Offshoring Production
A Study of Firm Decisions and Consequences
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10834600 |
|---|---|
| Authors | ARILD ASPELUND (0000-0001-7964-0040, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, corresponding author), VITALI BUTSKO (ABB (Norway), corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 101 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 262-275 |
| Publication date | 2010-07-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0040-747X • E-ISSN: 1467-9663 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-9663.2009.00585.x |
| OpenAlex | W1522905458 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 36 |
The current massive offshoring of manufacturing represents a significant relocation of employment. Therefore it constitutes an interesting phenomenon from the perspectives of economic geography, geopolitical policy and international small business management. In this qualitative study, we investigate the offshoring decisions in 10 Norwegian small and middle‐sized enterprises (SMEs) that have established manufacturing capabilities in low cost countries. The focus lies on their initial motivation for offshoring production, selection of location, choice of entry mode, evolution of foreign production capabilities, and finally, foreign market sales initiation and development. By analysing the findings in this study from different theoretical perspectives we conclude that combining Dunning's eclectic paradigm with behavioural internationalisation models offers valuable insight in the initiation and organisation of offshore manufacturing facilities among small firms. However, to fully understand the external influence on offshore location decisions among SMEs we should incorporate business network theories and theories from economic and social geography
Business · Economic geography · Economics · Geopolitics · Industrial organization · International business · International trade · Internationalization · Manufacturing · Microeconomics · Offshore outsourcing · Offshoring · Outsourcing · Production (economics · Relocation · Stylized fact · Global trade and economics · International Business and FDI · Marketing · Outsourcing and Supply Chain Management
Strategic assets and organizational rent
The Resource-Based Theory of Competitive Advantage
The eclectic paradigm as an envelope for economic and business theories of MNE activity
Firm resources and sustained competitive advantage
Firm Resources and Sustained Competitive Advantage
Transnational corporations and spatial divisions of ‘service’ expertise as a competitive strategy
Service Worlds
The Second Industrial Divide
Competing by design, specialization and customization
The ‘second’ global shift
The organizational and territorial changes of services in a globalized world
Regional and Firm Competitiveness in the Service‐based Economy
Placing and Spacing Services
| Citations per year | 0.19 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2010 - 2018 (9) |
| Highly cited | No |